Maharashtra State Government Holiday List 2013

Maharashtra holiday list 2013

The state government has declared government holidays for government offices and institutions the calendar year 2013. As per a notification issued by the General Administration Department following will be the holidays during the calendar year 2013.

Update : Maharashtra State Government Holiday List 2014:

Date

Day

Holiday

14 January

Tuesday

Milad-un-Nabi(Prophet’s Birthday)

26 January

Sunday

Republic Day(National Day)

19 February

Wednesday

Chatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Jayanti

27 February

Thursday

Maha Shivaratri

17 March

Monday

Holi

31 March

Monday

Gudi Padva / Ugadi /Chetti Chand

1 April

Tuesday

Annual Accounts Closing(Bank Holiday)

8 April

Tuesday

Ram Navami(Vaishnava)

13 April

Sunday

Mahavir Jayanti

14 April

Monday

Dr Ambedkar Jayanti

18 April

Friday

Good Friday

1 May

Thursday

Maharashtra Day

14 May

Wednesday

Buddha Purnima

29 July

Tuesday

Ramazan / Idu’l Fitr(End of Ramadan)

15 August

Friday

Independence Day

18 August

Monday

Parsi New Year(Shahenshahi)

29 August

Friday

Ganesh Chaturthi /Vinayaka Chaturthi

30 September

Tuesday

Mid-Year AccountsClosing (Bank Holiday)

2 October

Thursday

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

4 October

Saturday

Dussehra(Vijaya Dashami)

6 October

Monday

Bakri Id / Idu’l Zuha(Feast of Sacrifice)

22 October

Wednesday

Deepavali(Festival of Lights)

24 October

Friday

Balipadyami Diwali(Gobardhan Puja /

Vishavakarma Day)

25 October

Saturday

Bhai Duj /Chitragupth Jayanti

4 November

Tuesday

Muharram

6 November

Thursday

Guru Nanak Jayanti

25 December

Thursday

Christmas Day

Press release:

A quick analysis of the official holiday list released on Tuesday by the Maharashtra government for the year 2014 reveals that people can look for eight extended weekends next year. In other words, on eight instances, residents of the state can expect one or two additional days off before or after the weekends.

On three occasions, in August and in October, the residents are set to get a four-day break, with government holidays falling before and after the weekends. The August treat will start with Independence Day (August 15) that falls on a Friday and continue till the Parsi New Year (August 18) on Monday, with a weekend thrown in between.

A similar four-day weekend will occur twice in October — Dussehra on October 3 (Friday) and Eid-ul-Azha on October 6 (Monday), and two official Diwali holidays on October 23 and 24 (Thursday and Friday).

Residents can enjoy six more such four-day weekends provided they manage to take an official leave in between.

With Ram Navmi on Tuesday, April 8, people can take April 7 (Monday) off to make it a four-day break. Maharashtra Day on May 1 (Thursday), Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 (Thursday), Moharram on November 4 (Tuesday), Guru Nanak Jayanti on November 6 (Thursday) and Christmas on December 25 (Thursday), too, can give residents similar opportunities.

Incidentally, two public holidays will get wasted as they coincide with a Sunday — Republic Day on January 26 and Mahavir Jayanti on April 13.

In 2014, there will be a total of 126 holidays, including the weekends.